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Stanford Is Serving 11 Flavors of NPE

Scott Graham

Stanford Law School made available to the public a database of every patent lawsuit that's been filed since 2007.

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IP News

Howard Shire & Christine Weller

<i>Mercedes Benz USA LLC v. Bombardier</i>

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IP Theft Goes Far Beyond the Huawei Scandal: How to Stay Safe

Ilia Sotnikov

IP theft is not limited to kingpins of business. Even if your organization has never appeared in the headlines, you cannot rest easy that no one is interested in acquiring your know-how. In fact, analysis the results of our survey for the 2018 Netwrix IT Risks Report reveals that small and medium organizations are actually more vulnerable to IP theft and cyber espionage than enterprises.

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Hey! That's My Move!

Erin Hennessy, Annie Allison & Logan Kotler

Copyright, Fortnite and the Ability to Protect How You Shake Your Groove Thing The U.S. Supreme Court just crashed the copyright world's latest dance party — stepping on the toes of a soiree of copyright infringement lawsuits against videogame developer Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite.

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IPR Estoppel: The Present and the Future

John P. Isacson

IPRs have now been conducted for several years, and litigation has ensued over the procedures by which they are conducted. Decisions have been rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which have resolved some issues, created others, and altered procedures.

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Bit Parts

Stan Soocher

Rick Ross Defeats Trademark Suit over Mastermind Album<br>TV Host's Course of Conduct During Life Bars Estate From Getting His IP and Publicity Rights

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Best Practices for Social Media Advertising

Amanda H. Wilcox

Social media is growing up, and this means that brands of all sizes and across all industries are using social media as part of their marketing strategy. However, courts have confirmed that the basic tenets of intellectual property law and advertising law still apply. The following guidelines stem from common questions that clients often have in the area of social media marketing.

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IP News

Jeff Ginsberg & Zhiqiang Liu

Federal Circuit Declines to Follow Patent Office's Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance In Affirming Trial Court's Decision That Claims Are Directed to Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter

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U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling on Copyright Registration

Robert J. Bernstein & Robert W. Clarida

The Supreme Court had granted cert in <i>Fourth Estate</i> to resolve a split in the federal circuit courts as to whether §411(a) of the Copyright Act could be read to allow commencement of an infringement action once a registration application filed with the Copyright Office is complete (the “application approach”) or, instead, only (subject to limited statutorily specified exceptions) upon issuance by the Copyright Office of the registration (the “registration approach”).

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The Supreme Court Finally Resolves An Old, Vexing Question: Does "Registration" Mean "Registration"? Answer: "Yes." Image

The Supreme Court Finally Resolves An Old, Vexing Question: Does "Registration" Mean "Registration"? Answer: "Yes."

James A. Trigg & Bethany R. Nelson

In Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split decades in the making by holding that a copyright is not "registered" within the meaning of the Copyright Act unless and until a registration certificate actually has issued.

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